Press Kit for Iran Divestment

Cross-posted at Rosemary's Thoughts.

Here is the email I received to alert me to this Conference that is going to take place in Washington, DC, at 2pm today. You may read more about it at Press Conference and Divestment from Iran.

Petition to U.N. secretary-general.

Terror-Free Investing Resources.

Overview: Stop Giving Money to Iran
List of Companies doing business with Iran
Does your state invest in companies doing business with terror-sponsoring countries?

See the report "The Terrorism Investments of the 50 States" (pdf).

What can you send to your investment advisor on companies helping Iran?

Download this letter (.DOC).

How can you send a letter to your elected officials about terror-free investing?


Download this letter (.DOC) from the Center for Security Policy.

Recent Media Coverage.
Precedents: the South Africa Model.

Evidence of Effectiveness of Sanctions.

Chilling Iranian Stories (courtesy The Washington Times).
Iranian Economists Blame President for Economic Woes Despite Huge Oil Revenues (courtesy Associated Press).
Iran's Oil Industry: A House of Cards?
Unrest Grows Amid Gas Rationing in Iran (courtesy International Herald Tribune).

Expert Sources.

Iran's Nuclear Violations and Threat to the World.

Violations of U.N. Sanctions and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Iran's Threat to Europe.
Iran's Nuclear Capacities.
Arab Leaders Voice Concerns about Iran and its Nuclear Program.
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses.

Iran-Backed Terrorism.

Iran: Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism.
Iranian State Sponsorship of Terror: Testimony to Congress (Matthew Levitt).
Breakdown of Iran's Financial Backing of Terrorist Groups.
Hezbollah's Youth Movement: The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts.
Hezbollah as a strategic arm of Iran.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Biographies:

The Wold According to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (inFocus).
Profile: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (BBC).
Bio: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (The Jerusalem Post).

Extremist Religious Views and Doctrines.
Ahmadinejad Says Light Surrounded Him during 2005 U.N. Speech.
Ahmadinejad’s Demons (The New Republic).

What Iran's Leaders are Saying.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Other Iranian Leaders.

Polls on Iran.

Ahmadinejad's Popularity Fading Fast.
Tracking Elite Opinion on Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran and General Threats to the U.S.
Topline: Iran and Investing in Terrorist-Sponsoring States.
Americans Support Sanctions Against Iran Even if that Increases Gas Prices.
Tracking U.S. Attitudes Towards Israel and Iran.

Iran's Weapons Arsenal.

Iranian Missile Guide and Map of Threats.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle (courtesy BBC).
Iran-Supplied Missiles Used in the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel War.
Iran's Nuclear Programme (map).
Atomic Agency Concludes Iran is Stepping Up Nuclear Work (courtesy The New York Times).

How to Stop the Threat of a Nuclear Iran.

The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Latest Developments and Next Steps Testimony to Congress (Ilan Berman).
Economic and Diplomatic Strategies for Isolating Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Regime.

TIP's Iran Conferences.

In the Eye of the Storm: Iran in Global Perspectives; watch selected lectures.
Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas: Money, Martyrdom and the Mahdi Conference.

Iran's Human Rights Violations.

Showing Jailed Americans, Iran TV Cites Confessions (courtesy The Washington Post).
Ahmadinejad's Record of Human Rights Abuses.
Human Rights Watch World Report on Iran.
Amnesty International Report on Iran.

If you cannot attend this press conference, you can at least read through some of this research. Check it against your own or different sources. I always try to find more information than just one article. It is better if you can back up what you say. Have a great day.